Measure.



Non 783,862.

PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. A. L. HAFGOOD.

MEASURE.

APPLICATION FILED 00123, 1904.

AJIAME.

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PATENT @Trice ALICE LOUISE HAPGOOD, OF BELLOWS FALLS, VERlVIONl.

MEASURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 783,862, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed October 3, 1904-. Serial No. 226.979.

To all when?, ."t 'lim/y coli/cern:

Be it known that i, ALICE Louisa HAreooD, a citizen oi' the United States, residing at Bellows Falls, in the county ot' Windham and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Measure, of which the following is a specification.

This invention applies to measures.

'lhe object of the invention is to presentan implement of the class described for use in dry goods and other stores which may be adjusted to cut goods on the bias with accuracy and precision and in ln'edetermined widths, which may be employed for platting and layingl out dressmakers work-*such as the cutting and litting of shirts, ti'iminings, and the like-and, further, which may have its parts combined in such manner as to present a continuous and straight ineasui'ing implement or be folded or collapsed to occupy but small space when cai'- ried about.

With the above and other objects in View, as will appear as the natui'e oi' the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts ol an adjustable and foldable bias-measure, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, `forming a part of this speci iication, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form ofembodimento'l the invention capable oli carryingthe sameinto practical opei'ation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without de parting from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation, exhibiting the implement when set for cutting goods on the bias. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the implement set for measuring or marking goods of eXtra width. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 1, and looking' in the direction oi' the arrow thereon. Fig. 4 is a similar View taken on the line 4 4, Fig. l, and looking in the dii'ection of the arrow thereon. Fig. 5 is aperspective view exhibiting the implement folded or collapsed.

The implement, as shown in Figs. il and 2,

' comprises tive adjustably-connected members 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Vrl`he member 1, which conwill be made about thirty-nine inches long, is graduated in inches and pai'ts tl1ei'eo'l,pi'ei`ei' ably according to the English scale, the graduation-marks being disposed at right angles to the length of the member, while the members 2 and 3, which constitute width-scale members and are preferably about nine inches in length, are also graduated in inches and parts of inches,

4having their grad nation-marks disposed atan angle oi' about forty-live degrees to the length ot' the members. The two members 4and 5, which constitute extension members and which are preferably twenty-seven inches in length, have their gradnation-marks disposed at i'iglit angles to their length, and each is provided with a longitudinal slot 6 and 7, respectively, which extends throughout the greater portion ot' the length oll the member and terminates at such distances from the ends thereot' that when the parts ot' the implement are adjusted as shown in Fig. l the ends oi' the members 4 and 5, which are beveled preferably at an angle ot' forty-five degrees to their length, will coincide or aline with the outer edges of the meinbei's 2 and 3, and when this adjustment is eiiected the user will know that theimplement is set for cutting goods on a true bias. The members 2 and 3 are each also provided with a longitudinal slot 8 and 9, respectively, which terminates at such distances l'roin the terminals o'l the two members that when the members are moved to their limit. as when the parts ai'e in the position shown in Fig. l, the terminals, which, as before stated, are beveled at an angle ot' Forty-live degrees to their length, will aline with the outer edge oi' the member l and also with its terminals, which are also beveled at lorty-live degrees to the length ot' the member. in other words, by having' the terminals ot' all the members bev eled at forty-live degrees to their length when the implement is set and all these ends coincide or aline with each other the operator will know that the implement is set for cutting' exactly on the bias. To eiiect dili'erent adjustments of the members 2 and 3 with relation to the member 1, the latter is provided 4 stitutes a length-scale and which by preference l adjustment by means oi' bolts 12, ot which there are iive in number, each of Which carries a thumb-nut 13. The head ,14 ofthe bolt is turned down or formed very thin in order to lie close against the under sides of the members 1, 2, and 3, thus to bring the scales close to the Work to be measured, and a length of each bolt equal to the thickness of one of the members is squared, as at 15, to prevent it from turning in the slot of the member with which it coacts when the thumb-nut is being tightened.

By the manner of constructing' the different parts of the implement the same is capable of being adjusted for eiieecting the platting of a great variety of Work and also for measuring' or marking goods of extra length, which may be effected by loosening two of the thumbnuts that hold the member 6 combined with the member 7 and then sliding` the former outward to the position shown in Fig. 2. Should a straight measure of considerable length be desired for any purpose, all ot' the parts may be connected for this purpose.

While the various proportions of the different members herein exhibited have been found efective Jfor general use, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited thereto, as these proportions may be varied or changed as found necessary or desirable and still be Within the scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is-- 1. An implement of the class described comprising a graduated length-scale member having slotted terminals` graduated Width-scale members having longitudinal slots, longitudinally-slotted extension members, and means for adjustably connecting all oi' the members.

Q. An implement of the class described comprising a length-scale member having slotted terminals and graduation-marks disposed at right angles to the length of the member, Width-scale members having longitudinal slots and graduation-marks disposed at an angle of forty-live degrees to their length, longitudinally-slotted extension members having graduation-marks extending at right angles to their length, and means for adjustably connecting all the members.

3. An implement of the class described comprising a graduated length-scale member having slotted terminals, graduated Width-scale members having longitudinal slots, longitudinally-slotted extension members, and means for adjustably connecting all ot' the members, the terminals of all the members being disposed at an angle of Jforty-five degrees to their length.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of tivo Witnesses.

ALICE LOUISE HAPGOOD. lVitness es:

ALuoN I. BoLLEs, EDMoND C. BoLLns. 

